John Jackson Miller will be contributing a story for the upcoming fantasy anthologyKingdoms Fall which will be out next year from Cohesion Press. The anthology will also include stories by Kevin J. Anderson and David Farland (aka Dave Wolverton).

Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

Entertainment Weekly has an article diving deeper into the upcoming books that are part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Plus they reveal a new book called Star Wars: Canto Bight which will feature four stories by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant and John Jackson Miller. Each story will focus on the creatures from the casino world of Canto Bight and will be out on December 5th.

If you’re heading to SDCC and plan on picking up the Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad convention edition, Unbound Worlds has all the details.

Zomnibus by Kevin J. Anderson is out and collects the first Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. novel Death Warmed over with all of the short stories from the Working Stiff collection. If you haven’t read any of the books in the series, this would be a great way to jump in. They’re pretty fun. The next book coming out in the series will be entitled Tastes Like Chicken.

Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Art News

Dave Dorman finished the concept idea he had for a previously rejected submission for Celebration Anaheim, and it is gorgeous.

Book News

Martha Wellswill officially be writing two more Murderbot novellas for a total of four. The first book is already out (and a great read) and the next three will be out next year. Artificial Condition, the second book in the series, will be out January 2018.

The cover for Troy Denning‘s next HALO novel has been revealed. Entitled HALO: Retribution, the book will be out on August 29th.

This official companion to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes fans on an in-depth tour of the film’s production, featuring exclusive interviews with the key contributors who brought it to the big screen

Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

Star Wars artist Brian Rood will be doing illustrations for a new book, this time covering the prequels: Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy Stories. Edelweiss has a preview of some of the artwork. It will be out in September.

Convention & Event News

Phoenix Comic Con is May 25 to 28 in Phoenix, AZ. Star Wars guests include authors Kevin J. Anderson, Terry Brooks, Alan Dean Foster, Claudia Gray, Michael A. Stackpole and Timothy Zahn, artists Mark Brooks and Tom Hodges, and actor Alan Tudyk. The Del Rey team will be there and you can check out their schedule here.